Home Building (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulation 2003 (NSW)

2003 No 133

New South Wales

Home Building (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulation 2003

under the

Home Building Act 1989

His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Home Building Act 1989.

JOHN AQUILINA, M.P., Minister for Fair Trading

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to make amendments to the Home Building Regulation 1997 with respect to certain terminology, following corresponding amendments to the Home Building Act 1989 that have been made by the Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002.

This Regulation is made under the Home Building Act 1989, including section 140 (the general power to make regulations).

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Clause 1	Home Building (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulation 2003

Home Building (Miscellaneous Amendments)

Regulation 2003

under the

Home Building Act 1989

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Home Building (Miscellaneous Amendments)
Regulation 2003.

2 Amendment of Home Building Regulation 1997

The Home Building Regulation 1997 is amended as set out in

Schedule 1.

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Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendments

(Clause 2)

[1]      The whole Regulation

Omit “electrical work”, “endorsed licence”, “a permit”, “registration certificate” and “registration certificates” wherever occurring.

Insert instead “electrical wiring work”, “endorsed contractor licence”, “an owner-builder permit”, “tradesperson certificate” and “tradesperson certificates”, respectively.

[2]      Clause 3 Definitions

Omit “supervisor or registration” from the definition of authority in clause
3 (1).

[3]      Clause 3 (1), definition of “certificate”

Insert in alphabetical order:

certificate means a supervisor certificate or tradesperson
certificate.

[4]      Part 4, heading

Insert “owner-builder” before “permits”.

[5]      Clause 20 Requirements for obtaining certificates

Omit “certificate of registration” from clause 20 (3).
Insert instead “tradesperson certificate”.

[6]      Clause 28 Tradesperson certificates

Omit “certificate of registration”. Insert instead “tradesperson certificate”.

[7]      Clause 32 Duplicates

Insert “owner-builder” before “permit” wherever occurring.

[8]      Clause 35 Refund of fees

Insert “owner-builder” before “permit” wherever occurring.

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Schedule 1 Amendments

[9]      Clause 48 Period of cover

Insert “under an owner-builder permit” after “owner-builder work” in clause 48 (3).

[10]      Clause 58 Register

Omit “Registration Certificates” from clause 58 (c).
Insert instead “Tradesperson Certificates”.

[11]      Clause 58 (c) (xii)

Omit “registration”.

[12]      Clause 58 (d) (xiii)

Omit “owner-builder”.

[13]      Schedule 2 Application fees

Omit “Certificate of registration”.
Insert instead “Tradesperson certificate”.

[14]      Schedule 2

Insert “owner-builder” before “permit” where secondly occurring.

BY AUTHORITY

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